Clinical medical assisting / Wilburta Q. Lindh, Carol D. Tamparo, Barbara M. Dahl, Cindy Correa, Julie Morris.

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Lindh, Wilburta Q [author]

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Material type: Text

TextLanguage: English Publication details: Australia : Cengage Learning, c2018.Edition: Sixth editionDescription: xxvi, 1270 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 29 cmContent type:

text

Media type:

unmediated

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volume

ISBN:

9781305964792

Subject(s):

Medical assistants

LOC classification:

R728.8 L64 2018

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Contents:

Section I. General Procedures -- Unit I: Introduction to medical assisting and health professions -- The medical assisting profession -- Health care settings and the health care team -- Unit II: The therapeutic approach -- Coping skills for the medical assistant -- Therapeutic communication skills -- The therapeutic approach to the patient with a life-threatening illness -- Unit III: Responsible medical practice -- Legal considerations -- Ethical considerations -- Emergency procedures and first aid -- Section II. Clinical procedures -- Unit IV: Integrated clinical procedures -- Infection control and medical asepsis -- The patient history and documentation -- Vital signs -- The physical examination -- Unit V: Assisting specialty examination and procedures -- Obstetrics and gynecology -- Pediatrics -- Male reproductive system -- Gerontology -- Examinations and procedures of body systems -- Unit VI: Advanced techniques and procedures -- Assisting with minor surgery -- Diagnostic imaging -- Rehabilitation and therapeutic modalities -- Nutrition in health and disease -- Basic pharmacology -- Calculation of medication dosage and medication administration -- Cardiac procedures -- Unit VII: Laboratory procedures -- Regulatory guidelines for safety and quality in the medical laboratory -- Introduction to the medical laboratory -- Phlebotomy: venipuncture and capillary puncture -- Hematology -- Urinalysis -- Basic microbiology -- Specialty laboratory tests -- Section III. Professional procedures -- Unit VIII: Clinic and human resources management -- The medical assistant as clinic manager -- The medical assistant as human resources manager -- Unit IX: Entry into the profession -- Preparing for medical assisting credentials -- Employment strategies -- Appendix A: Common health care abbreviations and symbols.

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Materials specified	Status	Notes	Date due	Barcode
Books	Ladislao N. Diwa Memorial Library Reserve Section	Non-fiction	RUS R728.8 L64 2018 (Browse shelf(Opens below))		Room use only	77907		00077856

Includes bibliographical references (pages 1235-1248) and index.

Section I. General Procedures -- Unit I: Introduction to medical assisting and health professions -- The medical assisting profession -- Health care settings and the health care team -- Unit II: The therapeutic approach -- Coping skills for the medical assistant -- Therapeutic communication skills --
The therapeutic approach to the patient with a life-threatening illness -- Unit III: Responsible medical practice -- Legal considerations -- Ethical considerations -- Emergency procedures and first aid -- Section II. Clinical procedures -- Unit IV: Integrated clinical procedures -- Infection control and medical asepsis -- The patient history and documentation -- Vital signs -- The physical examination -- Unit V: Assisting specialty examination and procedures -- Obstetrics and gynecology -- Pediatrics -- Male reproductive system -- Gerontology -- Examinations and procedures of body systems --
Unit VI: Advanced techniques and procedures -- Assisting with minor surgery -- Diagnostic imaging -- Rehabilitation and therapeutic modalities -- Nutrition in health and disease -- Basic pharmacology -- Calculation of medication dosage and medication administration -- Cardiac procedures --
Unit VII: Laboratory procedures -- Regulatory guidelines for safety and quality in the medical laboratory -- Introduction to the medical laboratory --
Phlebotomy: venipuncture and capillary puncture -- Hematology -- Urinalysis -- Basic microbiology -- Specialty laboratory tests -- Section III. Professional procedures -- Unit VIII: Clinic and human resources management -- The medical assistant as clinic manager -- The medical assistant as human resources manager -- Unit IX: Entry into the profession -- Preparing for medical assisting credentials -- Employment strategies -- Appendix A: Common health care abbreviations and symbols.

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